Error Words
We're sure about this one.
A hyphenated word run together into one string.
This is the biggest single error in the list, more than twice the size of typos. knockemdown is knock-em-down, allround is all-round, filmmake is film-make.
Nobody who wrote the dictionary got these wrong. The hyphen was removed when the word list was cut down to letters only.
4,861 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | With the hyphen back |
|---|---|
| knownothingism | Know-Nothingism |
| koksagyz | kok-sagyz, the Russian rubber dandelion |
| krautweed | kraut-weed, a name for wild mustard |
| lacepiece | lace-piece, timber of a ship's head |
| laceybark | lacey-bark, the lacebark tree |
| lacksense | lack-sense, a senseless person |
| ladlewood | ladle-wood, a South African tree |
| ladyflies | lady-flies, ladybird beetles |
| ladyfly | lady-fly, the ladybird beetle |
| ladysnow | lady-snow, a plant name |
| lambale | lamb-ale, a feast at lamb-shearing |
| lampflower | lamp-flower, a name for Lychnis |
| lampfly | lamp-fly, the firefly |
| lanceproof | lance-proof, proof against lances |
| landgate | land-gate, a gate giving access to land |
| landgates | land-gates, plural of land-gate |
| landraker | land-raker, a vagabond |
| landright | land-right, a right in land |
| landsale | land-sale, sale of coal at the pit-head |
| landway | land-way, a way by land |
| landways | land-ways, by way of the land |
| landwhin | land-whin, the restharrow |
| landwire | land-wire, telegraph wire carried on land |
| landwrack | land-wrack, wrack cast up on the shore |
| landwreck | land-wreck, a wreck driven ashore |
| landyard | land-yard, an old measure of land |
| lanternflower | lantern-flower, a name for Ceropegia |
| lanternleaf | lantern-leaf, a plant name |
| lanternlit | lantern-lit |
| lappethead | lappet-head, a headdress with lappets |
| lardworm | lard-worm, larva infesting bacon |
| largebrained | large-brained |
| largehanded | large-handed |
| largemouthed | large-mouthed |
| lateenrigged | lateen-rigged |
| lathhouse | lath-house, slatted plant shelter |
| lathreeve | lath-reeve, officer of a lathe (Kentish division) |
| latticeleaf | lattice-leaf, the plant Ouvirandra |
| laurellike | laurel-like |
| lawabidingness | law-abidingness |
| lawbreak | law-break, to break the law |
| lawgive | law-give, back-formation from lawgiver |
| lawnleaf | lawn-leaf, a creeping lawn plant (Dichondra) |
| lawproof | law-proof, safe from the law |
| layboy | lay-boy, sheet-delivery device on a press |
| lazybird | lazy-bird, a nest-parasitic bird |
| lazybone | lazy-bone, singular of lazybones |
| lazylegs | lazy-legs, an idler |
| leadback | lead-back, a leading back |
| leadenheartedness | leaden-heartedness |
| leadenpated | leaden-pated, dull-witted |
| leadin | lead-in |
| leadstone | lead-stone, an ore of lead |
| leadway | lead-way, mining passage along a lead |
| leafboy | leaf-boy, printing-house lad handling leaves |
| leafgirl | leaf-girl, girl handling leaves in printing |
| leafwood | leaf-wood, broad-leaved timber |
| lealand | lea-land, grass land, pasture |
| leaseman | lease-man, holder or agent of a lease |
| leatherbush | leather-bush, the leatherwood Dirca |
| leatherflower | leather-flower, Clematis viorna |
| leatherroot | leather-root, Psoralea macrostachya |
| leatherside | leather-side, the leatherside chub |
| leatman | leat-man, worker tending a leat or millstream |
| lectureproof | lecture-proof, impervious to lecturing |
| ledgeman | ledge-man, quarryman working a ledge |
| leecheater | leech-eater, an eater of leeches |
| leechman | leech-man, a physician |
| leechwort | leech-wort, a medicinal herb |
| liepot | lie-pot, a vessel for lye |
| lieproof | lie-proof, proof against lying |
| lifeleaf | life-leaf, the Bryophyllum or air-plant |
| lightfingered | light-fingered |
| lightmouthed | light-mouthed, of a horse light on the bit |
| lilacthroat | lilac-throat, a lilac-throated bird |
| lilactide | lilac-tide, the season when lilacs bloom |
| lilywood | lily-wood, a tree name |
| limebush | lime-bush, a bush smeared with birdlime |
| limesulfur | lime-sulfur, the fungicidal wash |
| limesulphur | lime-sulphur, the fungicidal wash |
| limpwort | limp-wort, a plant name |
| linchbolt | linch-bolt, a linchpin |
| lincloth | lin-cloth, linen cloth |
| linenman | linen-man, a dealer in linen |
| lingbird | ling-bird, the meadow pipit of heather ground |
| lingwort | ling-wort, a plant name |
| linksmith | link-smith, a maker of chain links |
| listwork | list-work, work made of lists or fillets |
| literalminded | literal-minded |
| literalmindedness | literal-mindedness |
| liverhearted | liver-hearted, cowardly |
| liverheartedness | liver-heartedness, cowardice |
| lizardtail | lizard-tail, the plant Saururus |
| loadpenny | load-penny, a toll paid on a load |
| lobefooted | lobe-footed, having lobed toes |
| lobsterproof | lobster-proof |
| lodestuff | lode-stuff |
| loftman | loft-man |
| loftmen | loft-men |
| logchip | log-chip |
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